The list below represents the 25 largest net transfers to bid-bots for the promotion of articles posted on Steemit yesterday.
Due to formatting restrictions, only a few columns can be displayed.
Note: Due to the complexity of certain promotional tools and their associated refunding mechanisms, some smaller refunds may be duplicated or missed.
What is this report?
Many authors choose to promote their posts via Bid-Bots. In return for direct payment, the bots will upvote your article. This service is fully "legal" on Steemit and used by minnows and whales alike.
There are many reasons why an author may want to purchase votes.
- Give the impression that the article is of substantial value and perhaps you should think so too.
- Cause the article to make it to the "Hot" or "Trending" category where it gets more exposure and more votes.
- Cause the payout to increase so that anyone that votes on the post will share in a higher curation pool.
- Attempt to make a direct profit on the vote by receiving a vote that nets more than the cost of the bid.
- Increase the authors reputation by receiving large SP votes. High SP votes move the reputation quickly.
- Support another author or entity indirectly through a Bid-bot.
The list is sorted with the highest NET amounts paid to the Bid-bots on top in descending order.
- From = The user who sent the payment to the bot.
- Gross Bids (SBD) = The total of all bids sent to the bots in SBD or Steem for this single post.
- After Refunds (SBD) = The net total of all bids sent less refunds received back in SBD or Steem for this single post.
- Article Payout = The total STU (SBD/SP) payout value of for the entire article (not just from bots). This is the total paid to the author and curators. (This is the $ value which shows on the bottom of every post.)
- Link is the direct link to the article that has been promoted via the bid bot.
Largest Net Bids sent to Bidbots and and other post promoters
| Date | From | Gross Bids | After Refunds | Article Payout | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-19 | @steemcafe | $415.00 | $415.00 | $806.18 | Link |
| 4-19 | @dahaz159 | $408.00 | $348.00 | $743.14 | Link |
| 4-19 | @justsomekid | $1,691.68 | $265.77 | $354.95 | Link |
| 4-19 | @corina | $140.00 | $140.00 | $375.29 | Link |
| 4-19 | @danyelk | $128.00 | $128.00 | $283.97 | Link |
| 4-19 | @swissclive | $180.00 | $120.00 | $260.97 | Link |
| 4-19 | @dzone | $112.00 | $112.00 | $213.23 | Link |
| 4-19 | @lexiconical | $150.00 | $108.64 | $224.48 | Link |
| 4-19 | @nicestbot | $159.00 | $108.08 | $249.60 | Link |
| 4-19 | @smokenetwork | $100.00 | $100.00 | $247.99 | Link |
| 4-19 | @uhatgaming | $178.00 | $98.00 | $228.53 | Link |
| 4-19 | @chronocrypto | $134.00 | $95.03 | $180.66 | Link |
| 4-19 | @gravity-protocol | $92.00 | $92.00 | $148.96 | Link |
| 4-19 | @jassennessaj | $90.00 | $90.00 | $264.57 | Link |
| 4-19 | @bunnypuncher | $87.00 | $86.99 | $218.99 | Link |
| 4-19 | @techchat | $84.00 | $83.90 | $166.30 | Link |
| 4-19 | @fotomindo | $80.00 | $78.26 | $141.25 | Link |
| 4-19 | @brittuf | $76.00 | $76.00 | $165.86 | Link |
| 4-19 | @gringalicious | $94.00 | $67.34 | $225.86 | Link |
| 4-19 | @alexko-steemit | $90.00 | $66.78 | $146.24 | Link |
| 4-19 | @honeychum | $89.71 | $66.61 | $133.17 | Link |
| 4-19 | @motoengineer | $74.00 | $65.98 | $146.17 | Link |
| 4-19 | @masummim50 | $65.00 | $64.73 | $121.11 | Link |
| 4-19 | @lays | $64.70 | $64.70 | $148.58 | Link |
| 4-19 | @jazminmillion | $61.00 | $61.00 | $146.10 | Link |
Sometimes great articles get to the top because they are great articles.
Sometimes other articles get to the top because there was sufficient money to pay for that placement. It is up to the community to judge if the rewards pool is being properly managed and distributed in a fair and honest manner.
The wonderful thing about Steemit and the Steem blockchain is everything is transparent
allowing you and all those who care about this platform to be educated on how to properly use the platform as well as how to protect it.
As a result of digging even deeper on the longer term problems associated with bidbots, I have launched a new tool called @transparencybot, which seeks to bring more transparency and education on the use of bidbots to everyone.
You can read more about this mission here.
Please resteem this post if you think this information might be useful to the Steemit community.
@bycoleman
https://ColemanAir.us
Craig
Postingan yang sangat mengesankan.saya pribadi sangat menyukai postingan anda.saya berharap suatu saat bisa seperti anda.
This post, with over $6.86 in @looktothefuture and SELFVOTE from @bycoleman payouts, has received votes from the following:
@looktothefuture payout in the amount of $5.60 USD.
SELFVOTE from @bycoleman of $1.26 USD
For a total calculated upvote from their nicks, value in the amount of $6.86 USD.
This information is being presented in the interest of transparency on our platform @bycoleman and is by no means a judgement of your work.
If you use #casberp tag, and do not use very much SP nicks to vote in urself, I will upvote you at 1% :)
Are you thinking that transparencybot should comment on all posts that have used bidbots and not just the ones with payouts over $50.00?
Hi.
If u read my last post, u will see the bidbots and @minnowbooster and @smartsteem and almost all others DO NOT GIVE MONEY for their users.
It is just for turn getting of SP more fast. Just it. Then, why it is bad for the system, since the sbd is going to projects, and users are justing upping their SP?
If the problem u are fighting against is shit-posts on trending, why u do not suggest for steemit devs to configure system to do not show posts in trending before their be curated for big projects like @curie for example?
You are correct that they are not "giving money." But they are receiving money to upvote posts that "takes money" from the reward pool. This means that all the "real user" votes that we non-bidbot people get, are worth less.
I understand that it is part of the system, but that doesn't mean that those of us who don't use these services should like it.
It's a complicated issue, I know people that do use them that I have a lot of respect for, and then there are a whole bunch that I don't. I for one don't hate or even dislike those who do use them. But If it looks like rewardpoolr@pe I'm going to call it such.
Likewise If you have no issue with taking from others to self promote(all the while giving more money to the whales who delegate the SP empowering the bidbots), then go ahead and do it. But don't pretend that it's something that it's not, that's just cognitive dissidence.
You should be proud of the numbers that @transparencybot puts on your page, wear it like a badge. If you don't like it being there telling everyone how much of an upvote was purchased on your post... Well maybe reconsider using the bidbot services. Whatever you choose, go all in.
You are against people with very much sp stay in the system making money using their SP? Is it?
I have no problem if you tell to the entire world how much I spend in bots, cause I really think it is not problem and help's STEEM to be in STEEM Wallets. Otherwhise all whales can go to another coin to get money from stakes / masternode and other...
I just do not understand why you are telling who use bots are robbering "poor people". If all whales go away cause can not make money with SP, it will be good for the steemit?
Also, I spend in bots, but for increase my SP and still with all SBD / STEEM in the system, buying again and again.. just for more quickly increase of SP (without receive any money from posts, cause bid-bots do not give money and sometimes, get out all rewards.
I really do not matter with "trending and hot", and I think trending and hot must be used only for curated posts, not for who pay.
What you think about SELFVOTE for example? It is not a way to promote myself instead promote another people (poor people) in steemit?
you are right and good luck in your work
Thank you.
Brother, can you suggest me a BOT which pay 2.5x to the users? Thanks in advance.